Mar 30, 2018
A new poll released earlier this week shows that the majority of likely Santa Clara County voters are poised to recall Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky in the June 5th election. According to the poll, conducted by SurveyUSA exclusively for KPIX-TV News, 56% of voters would vote to recall Persky if the election were today. 29% would vote against recalling…
Mar 26, 2018
City of San Jose Approve Mayor Liccardo recommendations for Private Development Workforce Standards and Community Workforce Agreements Council will consider approving Mayor Liccardo’s recommendations on Private Development Workforce Standards, Capitol Bond Measure, Best Value Contracting, and Community Workforce Agreements. The recommendations would direct the City Attorney and the City Manager to take the following actions: Private Development Workforce Standards: Direct…
Mar 19, 2018
County of Santa Clara Approve voting technology upgrades and implementation of new voting model for the county The Voter’s Choice Act (VCA), formerly known as SB 450, allows the County of Santa Clara to adopt a new voting model that replaces traditional polling places with a smaller number of vote centers with expanded days of operation and services available. Upon…
Mar 8, 2018
A report released today by Working Partnerships USA finds that Silicon Valley is suffering from a lack of middle-income, family-supporting jobs for blue-collar construction workers. In Santa Clara County, the majority of job openings over the next 10 years are projected to pay either less than $40,000 per year, or more than $100,000 – with less than one-third being middle-wage,…
Mar 7, 2018
County of Santa Clara Adopting a strategy and approving funding to ensure complete count in 2020 Census The proposal is for an aggressive strategy and a commensurate budget appropriation to enable the County to identify every possible household for census response, deeply and broadly engage the community, implement a smart communications strategy, take leadership with key partners, and launch its…